Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Role: Senior DevOps with Infrastructure
Type: Remote - working EST Hours
Security Clearance: Must be eligible for up to a Top-Secret Security Clearance
We are seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer with a deep specialization in Security Design to lead the evolution of our cloud-native ecosystem. In this role, you will be responsible for architecting, building, and maintaining highly available AWS infrastructure while ensuring that security is not an afterthought, but a core component of the design. You will bridge the gap between systems engineering and cyber defense, building resilient platforms that are "secure by design."
Lead the design and implementation of secure AWS infrastructure, ensuring VPC patterns, peering, and transit gateways follow strict security segmentation.
Kubernetes Platform Engineering: Architect and manage production-grade EKS clusters using Docker and Kubernetes, implementing advanced security controls including OPA/Gatekeeper and workload identity.
Design and maintain secure automation pipelines using GitHub Actions, ensuring security checks are integrated into the deployment lifecycle.
Build and maintain central identity and access systems using Keycloak, integrating OIDC/OAuth and LDAP across the enterprise.
Develop modular, reusable Terraform templates and YAML configurations that incorporate automated compliance checks and security best practices.
Manage and secure Postgres DB instances, including encryption strategies and secret management workflows (AWS KMS) to ensure zero-trust data handling.
Develop custom Python-based tooling to automate infrastructure audits, remediation of drift, and security response workflows.
Experience: 10+ years in Infrastructure or Systems Engineering with a proven track record of designing secure large-scale environments.
Expert-level mastery of AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker.
Mandatory proficiency in Python for infrastructure automation and security tool development.
Hands-on experience building and managing pipelines with GitHub Actions.
Expert-level Terraform experience and mastery of YAML for configuration management.
Practical experience designing and deploying Keycloak and OIDC/OAuth protocols.
Experience managing and securing Postgres relational databases.
Experience with Jenkins, Azure DevOps (ADO), or Ruby scripting.
Proficiency in Bash or Shell for system-level maintenance.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified Security - Specialty.
Experience designing for compliance frameworks such as SOC2, ISO 27001, or NIST.
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